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vic rzonca
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 Posted: Mar 25, 2016 09:24 Post subject: History of minerals. |
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How collecting got started.
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Pete Richards
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| Posted: Mar 25, 2016 09:59 Post subject: Re: History of minerals. |
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This is an elegant summary of the origin of the elements! To continue the history, one looks to the history of the geochemical evolution of the earth. A good overview can be found at https://hazen.carnegiescience.edu/research/mineral-evolution
(link normalized by FMF)
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crocoite
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| Posted: Mar 25, 2016 18:05 Post subject: Re: History of minerals. |
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Thanks for the link Pete.
I think there should be an 11th Stage - minerals created due to the "interference" of man...
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Mar 26, 2016 05:49 Post subject: Re: History of minerals. |
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| "Older than dirt.", has taken on a new meaning for me. Thanks for the link Pete.
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Jul 26, 2016 02:34 Post subject: Re: History of minerals. |
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The end of collecting.
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| The end of collecting. The crusher. 12' diameter. Lane's Trap Rock Quarry. |
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Jan 12, 2017 09:24 Post subject: Re: History of minerals. |
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| vic rzonca wrote: | | The end of collecting. |
Pretty sure most fine mineral specimens end up here. Can't have everything. Where would you put it?
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vic rzonca
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| Posted: Dec 09, 2018 09:31 Post subject: Re: History of minerals. |
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An interesting and complete expansion on this topic by Wendell Wilson can be found in the November-December 2018 of this publication. There's gold in them there stars!
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| The start of a great collection. |
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